Tag: music

5 Things Kirk Franklin “Said” to Us Life-lessons come in strange packages. These lessons came in the form of a 5-foot 4-inch dynamo from Dallas, Texas by the name of Kirk Franklin. The top selling urban gospel artist of all time, Franklin has won...

“7 Things Praise Teams Should NOT Do!” You probably know by now that I love hymns. That’s right. If I hear the number 499, my eyes glaze over and I just start singing “Sound the Battle Cry” at the top of my lungs!! (That might not be totally...

What Happened to My Hymns?! I miss my hymns. That’s not nostalgia, that’s a need. “Let the word of God dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs…” Colossians 3:16 So, I’m...

7 Artists Kirk Franklin Should Thank – Part 2 Last week reminded me how powerful and personal gospel music is. Musical artists we’ve never met can feel like family, because we’ve heard their voices as often as family. In short, these lists are...

“7 Artists Kirk Franklin Should Thank” My Public Evangelism class was about to start and we were discussing contemporary gospel music. Kirk Franklin will be in Huntsville this year during our annual Alumni Weekend here at Oakwood University...

At first, I thought it was just me, but I soon found out it’s not. Churches just don’t seem to be singing as much as they once did. By singing I mean congregational singing. I’m in a different church every month, sometimes every week. It’s what I...